What is a P2P Worm?

• File-sharing Networks or P2P Worms

• P2P worms copy themselves into a shared folder, usually located on the local machine. Once the worm has successfully placed a copy of itself under a harmless name in a shared folder, the P2P network takes over: the network informs other users about the new resource and provides the infrastructure to download and execute the infected file.

• More complex P2P worms imitate the network protocol of specific file-sharing networks: they respond affirmatively to all requests and offer infected files containing the worm body to all comers.

What is this worm also known as (AKA)?

• P2P-Worm.Win32.Krepper.c

• Aliases

• P2P-Worm.Win32.Krepper.c (Kaspersky Lab) is also known as: Worm.P2P.Krepper.c (Kaspersky Lab), W32/Sndc.worm!p2p (McAfee),   W32.IRCBot (Symantec),   Win32.HLLW.Krepper (Doctor Web),   W32/Ircbot-X (Sophos),   Win32/HLLW.Krepper.B (RAV),   WORM_SHAREBOT.A (Trend Micro),   Worm/Krepper.C (H+BEDV),   W32/Pcbot.A@p2p (FRISK),   Win32:Mopy (ALWIL),   Worm/Krepper.C (Grisoft),   Win32.P2P.Poom.A (SOFTWIN),   Worm.P2P.Poom.A (ClamAV),   W32/Sndc.A.worm (Panda),   Win32/Krepper.C (Eset)

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